Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

Nashida subconsciously tightened her arms, and the body of the Great Compassion Tree King collapsed the next moment. Nashida staggered forward due to inertia. Seeing this, Amber rushed forward to help Nashida up. Ying and Paimon also walked over, their eyes filled with worry, sadness and other complex emotions.

The body of the Great Compassionate Tree King transformed into green leaves, which fluttered in the wind and flew up to the sky. It broke through the dream and the void, and a tender green light rain fell on Mount Sumeru.

The originally bustling Xumi City suddenly became quiet. The Xumi people who were either walking on the streets or gathered in groups of three or five chatting raised their heads. They subconsciously stretched out their hands to take the green leaves, but saw the leaves melt into their palms and flow through their bodies along with the warm current.

"I am the one who poses the question, and I am also the one who seeks the answer. Saving the world with the dreams of the people was once my answer—and now, you have also found your own answer."

"I will return all the dreams to the world."

The leaves merged into the earth, into the rivers, into the mountains, and into the grass. The dark aura hidden and dormant in the deepest part was dissolved and dispelled by the leaves, along with all the pain that the demonic scale disease and forbidden knowledge brought to the world.

"Farewell, people of Xumi... May you enjoy sweet dreams from now on."

……

After breaking away from the last memory of King Dacishu, they returned to Jingshan Palace. Nashida turned her back to them with her head lowered, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Are you okay, Nashida?" Amber walked forward and squatted, gently rubbing Nashida's head. Nashida seemed to have just reacted and raised her head. Facing the worried eyes of Amber and Ying, Nashida shook her head.

"I'm... okay, I just don't understand." Tear marks still lingered on Nashida's cheeks. Her voice trembled, a hint of doubt in her voice. "Didn't we just save the world? But why... am I so sad?"

“……!” Ying widened her eyes. Could this reaction mean that…the Great Compassion Tree King…?

But...but why did she still remember this? Could it be that because she wasn't from this world, she wasn't bound by its laws?

Thinking this, Ying decided to speak up to verify it. She didn't notice the look in Amber's eyes as her back was turned. "Nashida... do you remember what just happened?"

"Just now..." Nashida took a deep breath and gathered her words. "Just now, we used the power of the two God's Hearts to successfully establish a connection with the World Tree's consciousness from five hundred years ago, and then... then we erased the remaining pollution from the World Tree."

"Yeah, what's wrong? Weren't you here just now?" Paimon looked at Ying in confusion. Seeing this, Ying crossed her arms and lowered her head slightly, thinking. In this situation now... Paimon actually forgot all this?

Ying was struggling over whether to tell everyone the truth, but Amber's action interrupted it all. Amber changed her appearance in an instant. She summoned a long sword in her hand and stood still. In an instant, the blade slashed out and hit a corner.

"Who's there!" Amber narrowed her eyes. Her perception told her that there was another existence in the Jingshan Palace. The sudden attack made both Ying and Nashida alert. After the smoke and dust stirred up by the blade dissipated, a blue-haired man in white clothes and a mask appeared in front of everyone.

"Pah...Pah...Pah..." The blue-haired man clapped his hands and walked out of the corner, his mouth slightly raised. "Originally, I was thinking of using equipment to make everyone who was not involved sleep for a while, but I never thought the Red King's messenger would be so perceptive."

"You are... the Fatui executive, Doctor!" Paimon exclaimed. "Didn't you leave Xumi from Ormos Harbor a few days ago?"

"That's not surprising." Amber shook her head, gripping her sword tightly as she shielded the others behind her. "The Doctor, the second-in-command of the Fatui, has a skill that allows him to create different 'slices' of himself at different times—in other words, multiple individuals—to increase his perspective on the world. In other words, it's hard to say how many 'Doctors' there are in Teyvat right now."

"Hehe - just like cockroaches, when you discover one, there may already be many of them lurking in the dark." Amber's words were unkind, and such a description made Ying blink. She only felt that her ability to sarcastically improve would be slightly improved from now on.

"...Such a sharp intelligence-gathering ability is beyond my expectation." The Doctor did not show any anger at Amber's words. He walked forward slowly until he was close enough, then Amber raised the tip of the sword and pointed it at the Doctor.

"You're too close, Executor." In just a moment, the momentum that had been tempered thousands of times returned. Amber's eyes were as sharp as an eagle. Seeing this, the doctor curled his lips slightly and finally stopped.

"Don't be so impatient... Fighting and killing are not my personal preference." The doctor waved his hand, not seeming to be nervous at all. "Now, how about we talk?"

Chapter 119: Negotiation

"Talk? Between you and us—and the Fatui—is there anything left to discuss?" The golden sword flashed with a cold light. "Once this trouble is over, I will hold the Fatui accountable for providing the Evil Eye to the Great Sage. You should think carefully about how to deal with this matter."

"——And, can you escape from Jingshan Palace unscathed today?"

"Hahahaha..." Facing Amber's threat, the doctor not only had no concerns, but laughed out loud. "I dare to appear here so openly today. Do you think I don't have a backup plan?"

"Not to mention my position as the second-in-command of the Executive Officers, the strength I possess is merely the power I have placed within myself. If I lose my vital signs or detonate, the bomb will cover a vast area, which is enough to deter you from attacking me easily."

"-Are you threatening me?" Amber narrowed her eyes slightly, but the doctor in front of her was right. The Jingshan Palace was in Xumi City. If the bomb exploded here, she was not sure she could protect everyone.

As a result, the atmosphere became quiet for a while, and finally it was Nashida who broke the silence. She held Amber's hand, shook her head at her, signaling Amber to be at ease, and at the same time took the initiative to walk out from behind Amber and looked at the Doctor not far away.

"You haven't truly left Xumi, Officer." Nashida's eyes showed no sign of panic. "Your purpose for appearing here at this time..."

"—Is it for the Heart of God?"

"You're right," the doctor frankly admitted his purpose. "Now that the experiment is over, it's time to recycle the experimental equipment. Plus, my original mission was to bring the Heart of God back to Solstice..."

"You're overstepping your bounds, Executor." Amber's body was engulfed in arcs of electricity, but she remained ready to draw her sword at any moment. "If you don't learn to be polite, I don't mind cutting out your tongue, so you never have the chance to speak out again."

"—Alright, alright." The doctor clapped his hands upon hearing this. "As a scholar, I must show due respect to the God of Wisdom."

"However, Red King's Envoy, please recognize the current situation. I am the one who holds the initiative. I don't care what kind of destruction this academy that rejected me will suffer, but you cannot."

"..." Amber narrowed her eyes slightly. She hadn't felt so threatened in a long, long time. But the executive officer in front of her really grasped their weakness. They really couldn't accept a large-scale weapon of mass destruction detonating in the House of Religion. It would cause too many casualties.

"You mean... the initiative is in your hands?" Nashida tightly grasped the Heart of Thundergod. When facing the Fatui executive, she showed a courage different from the past, which made Amber a little dazed for a moment - has Nashida grown a lot, or has she been like this from the beginning, but just didn't have the chance to show it?

"I don't think so... If I destroy this Heart of God, then when the eyes of justice fall upon you, how will you fools respond?"

"..." Although half of the doctor's face was covered by the mask, Amber was sure that he must have looked very unhappy. The doctor was silent for a long time after hearing Nashida's words before speaking again: "Heavenly Justice... You are right. Heavenly Justice has been silent for hundreds of years, but no one dares to say for sure. When the Heart of God is destroyed, will she turn her attention to Teyvat again?"

"I thought you'd use more rigorous reasoning to uncover my weaknesses, but I never imagined you—I never imagined the God of Wisdom would resort to something akin to gambling." The doctor paced slowly, "...truly a clever move."

"I really can't ignore this 'possibility', so... tell me, if I ask you to hand over this Thunder God's Heart, which is useless to Xumi, to me, what do you want from me?"

"The Fatui, especially you, the mastermind behind this incident, will have to pay a price for this." Nashida crossed her arms and calmly engaged in a verbal exchange with the Doctor. "I want you to erase all of your 'slices'."

"Hahahaha..." The doctor chuckled softly, "So this is the choice? Doing so would be tantamount to destroying my eyes in the 'time' dimension. Slicing is extremely difficult to produce, requiring a vast amount of time and extremely rare resources. This choice is quite ingenious."

After a moment's silence, the doctor spoke again: "...How interesting! Can I assume that you've been on guard against me for a long time?"

Nashida closed her eyes and did not answer, but this could be regarded as a tacit agreement. Just as the Doctor said, after hearing the actions of the Fatui from Amber, she was not idle either.

Frankly speaking, any of the Doctor's other "individuals" would be unlikely to agree to Narcida's conditions, but this individual was different; he didn't get along with any of the other individuals, and was selfish enough to have had enough of the endless arguments with his other selves.

"I see." The doctor paused and looked at Nashida. "If you think that so many 'I's' are worth the value of a God's Heart... Deal."

Witnessed by several people, the transaction began. Nashida revealed her power as the God of Wisdom and peeped into the Doctor's heart. The Doctor obeyed the deal and erased the rest of his self with his own hands. Thus, the Heart of Thor was handed over to the Doctor.

"A chess piece..." The doctor observed the Heart of Thundergod in his palm for a moment, put it away, and then looked at Nashida again, "--Where is your Heart of Grassgod?"

"Don't be greedy, Executor." In just a moment, the long sword was placed on the doctor's neck, and the doctor seemed to have foreseen this scene. He was not at all panicked, but just gently moved the sword away from his neck.

"Don't get me wrong." The doctor glanced at the wary eyes of the others and said, "You're planning to close the void anyway, aren't you? In that case, the Grass God's Heart wouldn't be of much use if it stayed in Xumi, right?"

"What? Shut down the void?" Paimeng was stunned for a moment. How could she not have heard of this news? Paimeng subconsciously turned to look at Ying, only to find that Ying had a similar puzzled expression on her face.

"...I do have that plan," Nashida answered, clarifying the two's doubts. "From the current situation, it seems that the existence of the Void has seriously undermined scholars' enthusiasm for pursuing the unknown and seeking wisdom. More people have become libraries storing knowledge rather than scholars with true independent thinking ability."

"Also, the Dream Realm has been returned to the world, and the power of the Void is naturally much less than before. I will issue a decree abolishing the Void in the next few days." Nashida narrowed her eyes slightly, her sharp gaze piercing the doctor. "But this doesn't mean I will hand over the Heart of God. If you want it, you must offer sufficient chips."

"Of course." The doctor crossed his arms and thought for a moment. "I am willing to exchange this Heart of God for knowledge."

"Oh?" Nashida was a little surprised when she heard this. "Knowledge has always been exchanged only with the God of Wisdom, but you want to exchange knowledge with the God of Wisdom?"

"No, no, no..." The doctor waved his hand. "This is knowledge hidden by the sky. I don't know if you've heard the rumor that 'the starry sky of Teyvat is false.'"

"......!" As soon as these words came out, it was not just one person who showed astonishment. Amber narrowed her eyes slightly. If it was about this aspect... what she knew was probably not as developed as the intelligence network, and there were many fools who had existed for a long time. In this way, this was a very attractive proposal.

"..." Nashida didn't say anything. She was thinking about something. Seeing this, the doctor's mouth corners slightly raised. It seemed that the deal was about to be done.

He raised his head and looked at the others, lingering on Amber for a moment before speaking again: "When I have finished speaking, it will be time to say goodbye to you. I am very happy to meet with the God of Wisdom, the Traveler of Destiny, and even the Emissary of the Red King."

With Ying's witness and Amber's warning, the Doctor told Nashida the dark messages, and after telling her everything, he took away the Heart of the Grass God. He walked slowly towards the exit of Jingshan Palace, and disappeared in the blink of an eye after walking out of the gate.

Amber did not stop the Doctor. The consequences of the bomb detonating were beyond her ability to bear. Besides, removing all the remaining slices of the Doctor would be like taking away Azar's control over the void. The impact on him would be significant, and this was already an outstanding achievement.

So Amber came to Nashida's side immediately and asked her how she was doing. Nashida held Amber's hand and told her not to worry. She thought silently for a long time.

"Narcida, he didn't say anything scary to you, did he?" Paimon looked at Narcida worriedly. The doctor had been on guard against a few people before - Amber could naturally hear it because of her strong perception, but Ying couldn't, so they were now confused.

"...Should I describe it as terrifying?" Nashida shook her head, took a deep breath to calm herself down, and looked outside the Jingshan Palace. "Let's put this matter aside for now. I need some time to sort out my thoughts. As for what happens next..."

"Amber, if possible, how about you serving as the Grand Sage of the Order - from now on, I plan to directly intervene in the management of the Order, and I hope you can stand by my side in this position." Nashida looked at Amber and extended her right hand to her. This look reminded Amber of her experience in Liyue at that time.

Compared to that time, some things have changed. For example, Nashida's eyes are now full of determination. Facing the various challenges she will encounter in the future, she is not at all panicked.

Amber closed her eyes and opened them again. She showed a gentle smile and held Nashida's hand.

"my pleasure."

Chapter 120: Finishing Work

"Huh..." In Xumi City, another morning, Dixia walked out of the hotel, took a deep breath facing the rising sun, and felt that her body had finally returned to its peak.

"Dixia, are you awake? Come and have breakfast together." At the table at the door of the hotel, Dina Zedai waved to Dixia. At this time, Dina Zedai looked much better. With the disappearance of the magic scale disease, they who originally planned to leave Xumi City immediately decided to stay for a while.

"Miss... although the demonic scale disease has been cured, you get up earlier than me every day now. Is your sleep time really enough?" Dixia shook her head helplessly, walked slowly to the chair and sat down. Seeing that Dina Zedai had regained her energy, she was also very happy.

"Maybe it's because of the blessing of the Little Auspicious Grass King. I've slept very well these past few days - maybe it doesn't seem that long, but it's enough to keep me energetic for the whole day." Dina Zedai explained with a chuckle. She pushed the meat porridge in front of Dixia and handed her the spoon.

"Is that so?" Dixia took the cutlery and nodded. "Then I'm relieved. I'm glad that the young lady didn't force herself."

After a few more casual chats, the two of them enjoyed their breakfast, and as the sky brightened, more and more people appeared on the street.

"Come to think of it, it's been a week since that big commotion, right?" Dixia swallowed the last mouthful of meat porridge, put down the spoon, and spoke. "Counting carefully, except for the first day, I haven't seen Amber for six days now. Didn't she stay in Xumi City?"

"She hasn't left, but she's very busy with work right now," Dina Zedai explained to Dishia with a smile. "After all, she's the new Sulun Sect sage of the Ordinary Court, and also the current acting Grand Sage. Everyone in Xumi City says that unless something catastrophic happens, Amber's official Grand Sage status is just around the corner."

"...The Great Sage of the Sand People." Dishia briefly imagined what it would look like if Azar's clothes were put on Amber. "It's really hard to imagine."

There was a time when, let alone Sand People Sages, even Sand People Scholars were extremely rare. Even if we put aside those in the past, it has only been less than five years since the Temple officially opened up enrollment to the desert area, but now there are already three Sand People Sages in the Temple.

——Yes, three. The new sage of the Minglun School is Setare, the new sage of the Sulun School is Amber, and the new sage of the Miaolun School is another popular scholar from the Sand People. Together with the original sages of the Shenglun School, Nafis, and the Zhilun School, the sage Khawaja, the vacancies caused by the dismissal of the sages involved have left only the Yinlun School without selecting a corresponding sage.

If nothing unexpected happens, the final sage should be chosen from the people of the forest as much as possible - unless his ability is really not good enough. Although there is no mutual exclusion between the desert and the rainforest now, after all, we have just gone through a turbulent period, so we still have to take it into consideration.

After the incident with the former great sage Azar, the sages selected by Nashida this time followed the premise of "being as academic as possible". Except for Amber, the rest would not be involved too much in political management affairs.

So after many years, Amber, who took the position of acting great sage, once again experienced the time when there were endless things to do every day. In an instant, it seemed as if she had returned to the important period of the development of the Chi Nian Federation.

Frankly speaking, Amber didn't want to live like this again - who wants to work endlessly every day? But this is Nashida's expectation, and... it's a bit difficult to say that Xumi really doesn't have any talents that can be used as a great sage.

If we really want to find out the reason, it is largely due to the long-term "monopoly" of Hazard and his faction. If we really want to find a suitable talent, it is not really impossible to find one. Elhaisen is very suitable, but he has no ambition for promotion at all and declines this honor.

"...If you think about it carefully, it is indeed extremely difficult for a great sage in this period." After Dixia's thoughts were slightly dispersed, there was some sympathy in her words. She clasped her hands together and silently prayed for Amber for a few seconds.

At this time, the pedestrians on the street have reached the morning rush hour. Compared with the past, Xumi City seems a little more "lively". Amber and Nashida abolished a series of unreasonable laws such as art bans three or four days ago, and officially closed the void. This made many scholars very uncomfortable for a while, but in the long run this will be a good decision.

On that day, most of the people of the sand who participated in the joint law enforcement returned to the desert to continue guarding the Chi Nian city-state which was still under construction. A small number of them were incorporated into a thirty-man group to serve as the force to guard Xumi City. As for Ying and Paimeng, after the biggest problem in Xumi was solved, they did not stop, but crossed the sand barrier and went to tour the current desert.

Perhaps he's currently exploring the ruins? Perhaps he's also handling a commission from the Adventurer's Guild, but that has nothing to do with Amber for now; she's naturally still busy.

"...Here, all of the above are evidence that the fools are trying to interfere in the internal affairs of Xumi." In the meeting room of the Order Institute, at the main seat of the long table that served as the negotiation table, Amber threw the documents in her hand onto the table, and serious words came out of her mouth.

The air in the conference room seemed to freeze for a moment, and the faces of the Fatui envoys sitting in the other seats were full of embarrassment.

At this time, Amber was wearing a modified scholar's outfit, which was more finely made than ordinary clothes. This was the proof of her current identity as the acting great sage. As for the materials placed on the table, they were evidence of the doctor's various activities regarding the god-making plan, as well as the Fatui's small-scale destructive excavations of ruins in the desert.

Based on this, Amber attacked the Fatui, accusing them of attempting to overthrow the internal affairs of Xumi and being suspected of treason. She used this opportunity to cut off the tentacles that the Fatui had developed in Xumi over the years to prevent them from taking advantage of this time to do something bad.

"But... Great Sage, these were simply the Executive Officer's unauthorized personal actions, and they do not represent our side. We have already punished him internally. Your actions... have jeopardized our enthusiasm for seeking new avenues of cooperation with the current Xumi."

The envoys tried to struggle. This time it was exactly the same as what happened in Liyue. Last time it was the Young Master who made a big fuss, which resulted in them, the envoys, having to come forward. This time it was the Doctor who made a big fuss, but it was them, the envoys, who had to face the pressure from the rulers of other countries.

Although the envoys were fully aware of what their positions required, it did not mean that they would not have even the slightest complaint - to be precise, if the Doctor and the Young Master were not of high military ranks as executive officers, there would be too many people in the diplomatic department who would want to cause trouble for them.

"An executive officer of the Fatui came to Xumi, colluded with rebels who dared to disrespect the gods, and built weapons of mass destruction underground in Xumi City. You tell me that this is his personal behavior?" Amber's eyes were extremely sharp, and a strong pressure spread for a moment.

"Without the Fatui's tacit approval, or even covert support, how could an executive officer have such great power? If I hadn't discovered and destroyed that weapon in time, would you still have thought you could legitimately occupy Xumi City?"

Amber knew whether the doctor's actions were personal, but did the truth matter? The right thing to do now was to try to gain an advantage at the negotiation table.

"...I have no such intention. Please believe that we are sincere in our cooperation!" The messenger lowered his head slightly, not daring to look directly into Amber's eyes.

"I can't see clearly what's going on in your hearts, but I can clearly see what the Fatui executives have done in Xumi." Amber tapped her fingers lightly on the table as she calmly announced the final result. "From now on, Xumi will tighten its scrutiny of visitors from the Winter Party. Furthermore, the Fatui are requested to compile a list of all employees working at the North Country Bank and submit it to the Xumi City Disciplinary Office within three working days."

"..." The messenger fell into a long silence. The acting great sage in front of him was going to monitor the North Bank. This move was equivalent to directly piercing the aorta of the Fatui. The North Bank had great strategic value to the Fatui. It was like the logistics support department of the Fatui in various countries. With its existence, the Fatui on missions could easily get supplies, or secretly receive some people or something.

This decision will greatly increase the difficulty for the Northland Bank to provide funds to the Fatui members, and it will become extremely difficult to make some small moves, which is exactly what Amber wants.

The envoy was about to speak and tried to struggle again, but was interrupted by Amber with a wave of her hand. She announced the end of the negotiations and arranged for someone to send the envoys out of the House of the Order.

Amber is sure that these actions cannot completely cut off the Fatui's conspiracy, but at least they can guarantee temporary safety in this period of stabilization. This is enough. When Xumi recovers, the Fatui will not be a big problem.

"Huh..." After the Fatui's messengers left, Amber took a deep breath and relaxed a little. This made all the fatigue accumulated over the past few days appear. Amber closed her eyes and gently rubbed her temples with the pads of her thumbs to slightly relieve the fatigue.

"Lena, according to today's schedule, what should we do next?" Amber turned her gaze to the capable woman standing quietly at the door of the conference room. Lena responded quickly without any pause after hearing her words.

"Replying to the Acting Great Sage, in one hour, you will need to testify at the trial of the former Great Sage Azar and the other three former sages."

"Hmm..." Amber breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that. She only needed to witness it, so it wouldn't be too much trouble. Plus, she still had at least half an hour of free time... She could finally take a breath.